July 28, 2011 – Joe Dunckley

AWWTM: Once more unto the bridge, dear friends, once more

This entry was posted in at war with the motorist and tagged blackfriars bridge boris johnson cycling livable cities london tfl on July 28, 2011 by Joe

After the Conservative group of the London Assembly walked out on the first attempt to discuss Jenny Jones’s Blackfriars Bridge motion, the members redeemed themselves somewhat by voting unanimously — all parties, all members — against making Blackfriars Bridge and the Blackfriars Station road junction even worse for cyclists and […]

AWWTM: Won’t somebody please think of the children?

This entry was posted in at war with the motorist and tagged cycling evidence-based policy helmets medicine science on July 28, 2011 by Joe

In December 2005, an article of massive importance was published in the British Medical Journal. Doctors counted up the number of children being admitted to A&E with musculoskeletal injuries (breaks and sprains — many of which would have been caused by bicycle-related incidents) on summer weekends and discovered a startling […]